Think pink – It’s smoothie time!!
Pink smoothie
Are you as much in need of spring and summer to arrive as I am? Winter just seems to drag on and I know it’s only March but still…. My day first started with a shock at hearing about the earthquake for the coast of Japan. A friend of mine has recently moved with her husband and little child to Tokyo (I will be visiting her next month!!) and so my first concern was if everything was allright with them. Thankfully she replied fairly quickly to my textmessage saying that all was ok, but they were pretty shaken up by the whole thing. At this point there is no news of the total number of casualties but I wish everyone affected lots of strength to get through this!
It seems there are too many natural disasters these days, not to mention the trouble in certain parts of the world!
Now on to the Monthly Mingle, the fabulous monthly event by the fabulous Meeta of What’s for Lunch Honey, of this month which is hosted by Sarah, of Maison Cupcake. I have participated in the Monthly Mingle only once before… Shame on me… But you know how it goes with all the challenges going around the blog-o-sphere. Soooo much to choose from and so little time. My first idea of joining the Monthly Mingle was to bake something sweet and pink, but then I started thinking about the upcoming weekend where I will be making the Daring Baker challenge (suspence, suspence!!) plus I am going to be baking bread, so I figured enough baking would be done tomorrow already.
For my birthday I got a brand new Kitchen Aid blender in a very appropriate shade of pink (also named red…lol) and I had not even used it properly. So there you had it; I just had to make something in the blender and it had to be pink. I confess that it is not the hardest of dishes to make ofcourse, but I will make it up with loads of difficult recipes in the days to come! Promise!
And really doesn’t it give you spring-like feelings looking at these gorgeous colors? And on a day like today where the sun in shining I almost feel like going out the door without a coat (only to be running back inside because it is still coooold!!)
I make loads of smoothies in the summer when there is a bounty of gorgeous fruits available but in winter not so much. The fruit we have at the moment is less suitable for smoothies then the softer summer fruits and while I was looking for fresh raspberries in the store, there weren’t any. So if you’re gonna make this smoothie, I would suggest to use fresh and not frozen as I had to.
Raspberry cranberry smoothie
Ingredients:
Raspberries (frozen or fresh)
Cranberry juice (I used pom)
Yogurt (don't use the skinny ones as that will affect the flavor)
Few mintleaves (optional)
You can add a little sugar if it's too sour for your taste.
Directions:
Put all ingredients in a blender, blend on high and you're done! Spring in a glass!!
Now to make up for this not so creative recipe I took a few shots of pink flowers also… Enjoy!
Tulips
Rose
Hydrangea
Appetizer
Asian
Bread
Breakfast
Desserts & other sweets
Healthy
a delightful smoothie!
Cheers,
Rosa
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Simone (junglefrog) — March 12th, 2011 at 10:22
Thanks Rosa!
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Yes, I just found out about the earthquake. Japan is a country very close to my heart, so I am anxiously following the news.
This smoothie looks delicious, so elegant yet so simple! And it’s healthy, too!
Thanks for the advice on how to keep my cat off my counter. But Paprika doesn’t seem to mind getting wet (she likes to jump in the bath tub after someone has taken a shower), so I don’t think the water pistol would work. But she’s not jumping as much as when she first got here, so we think she was just really hungry at first.
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Simone (junglefrog) — March 12th, 2011 at 10:21
Ah… you have a watercat! lol…
Well at least it is getting less.
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Oh yes – with such a delicious looking smoothie I am certainly thinking pink! Beautiful shots of flowers. Nice one Simone!
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What a gorgeous smoothie! I like the pink theme!
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Goodness gracious your photos are stunning. Nice work!
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Simone (junglefrog) — March 13th, 2011 at 11:09
O thanks Kristina!
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Wonderful recipe!
I love the pictures with flowers and pink theme!
Soon you’ll have wonderful tulips in your country. I visited Keukenhof Gardens in 2009 and I was amazed by the colors and the scents!
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Simone (junglefrog) — March 13th, 2011 at 11:07
Ah yes, the keukenhof is always fun to visit!
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forget about the smoothie, I’m in love with the photos of tulip and hydrangea. Gorgeous!!!
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Simone (junglefrog) — March 13th, 2011 at 11:07
Haha…thanks Olga!
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Looks beautiful Simone! Love the flower pics too!
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Simone (junglefrog) — March 13th, 2011 at 11:07
Thanks Peter!! Those flowers make me long for spring even more!
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Simone, Je moet wel op mijn nieuwe blog op RSS posts klikken & dan heb je géén probleem! Mijn oude blog werkt niet meer! Ik kan daar geen rss updates meer krijgen omdat de feed kapot is. Daarom ben ik over gegaan op wordpress. Ik heb net alles gecheckt & de rrs posts & rss comments op mijn nieuwe blog werken wel echt!
Probeer opnieuw. Sinds ik ben overgestapt heb ik nog géén problemen gehad met mijn feed!
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Beste Simone,
Mijn RRS POSTS & RRS Comments on my new blog work correctly. I checked it out! But my old blog doesn’t work anymore for a long time now. The feeds don’t work anymore! You must come to my new blog & click directly on RSS posts or RSS comments & then you will have no problem! So you must come over @ my blog to change it!
This smoothy sings to me!
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Such wonderful colours! You can add beetroot to the smoothie too
And have fun with your new Pink Kitchen Aid Blender 
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Looks fresh and delicious! Nice way to bring in Spring:).
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I Love love love this post! So pretty!!
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Beautiful clicks… Lovely smoothie…
http://krithiskitchen.blogspot.com
Herbs & Flowers in my Platter – Coriander/Cilantro
Breakfast Club – Pancakes
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Spring in a glass – how true. Love the flowers especially the hydrangea.
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